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100
The Greek marketplace and meeting center.
What is the agora?
100
Greek philosopher and Alexander the Great's tutor.
Who was Aristotle?
100
Athletic competition started in Greece over 3000 years ago.
What are the Olympics?
100
The three types of Greek architecture?
What are Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian?
100
Law making body of the Greek government.
What is an assembly?
200
The Greek temple dedicated to Athena.
What is the Parthenon?
200
A group of citizens chosen to hear evidence and make decisions in a court of law.
What is a jury?
200
The war/wars fought between Athens and Sparta in the 400s B.C.
What is/are the Peloponnesian Wars.
200
The two bodies of water that surround Greece?
What are the Mediterranean Sea and the Agean Sea?
200
A land mass with water on 3 sides.
What is a peninsula?
300
A place where a group of people from a country live outside of the "mother country" and are still ruled by the "mother country".
What is a colony?
300
A person who has certain rights and responsibilities in his or her country or community.
What is a citizen?
300
A type of government ruled by a king or queen.
What is a monarchy?
300
The two types of plays written in Ancient Greek times to entertain the people.
What are comedies and tragedies?
300
Greek word for city-state.
What is a polis.
400
The Greek gods lived here.
What was Mount Olympus?
400
The father of philosophy who led discussions about the right way to live.
Who was Socrates?
400
A large hill in Greece where people could seek shelter and safety during war times.
What is an acropolis?
400
Five areas of modern life that have been influenced by the Ancient Greeks.
What are sports, drama, education, government, and philosophy?
400
Socrates' student who wrote down much of his teacher's teachings/beliefs.
Who was Plato?
500
A Greek city built in northern Africa modeled after Greek values/architecture.
What Alexandria?
500
He wrote the Iliad and The Odyssey.
Who was Homer?
500
This type of government allows the citizens to vote for their leaders was derived from Ancient Greece.
What is a democracy?
500
A time in Athenian history where art, music, philosophy, government and culture prospered and grew.
What was the Golden Age?
500
A powerful kingdom north of Ancient Greece that had conquered most of Greece by 336 B.C.
What was Macedonia?
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